Love and a Lion on the Beach Drive Honeymoon Pace
A man buys a second hand runabout to win Alice away from Fred Wilson's new touring car. While riding at night along Beach Drive with Alice, a mad lion from the Zoo chases them. They crash to avoid the beast, Fred’s car crashes ahead, the lion is killed by the other car, and the couple resumes their ride home planning a honeymoon.
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Fred Wilson
Fred
Miss Steadman
Alice
Wood
Red Wilsom
Hiter
Moonlit Drive with Monster Threat Ended by Car Escape
A couple drives along Beach Drive and through a pine woods to a zoo road where a lion pursues them. The narrator and Alice cling to each other as the car speeds toward a triangle of lights, hoping an oncoming car can aid their escape.
Delightful Guests Weigh On Suburban Clerk’s Finances
A suburban clerk with a modest hundred dollar salary hosts lengthy summer visits from guests who exhaust his resources. Despite lavish hospitality and wife’s dislike of housekeeping, the host’s funds dwindle as the visitors stay longer. Eventually the guests depart, leaving the clerk to reconcile his accounts and wonder about compensation for the hospitality.
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Ile
Ca Nan
Cay
Uncomfortable English Hotels
An excerpt from Howells in Harper's describes a haunted English hotel room. The narrator lights two candles and finds a feebly burning grate and a chilling sense of a ghostly presence. A late night rustling confirms a spectral walk, abruptly ending as the ghost seems frozen out.
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W. D. Howells
Harper's
Oldest U.S. Applejack Distillery Found in Warwick
The Warwick New Jersey distillery claims the oldest applesjack operation in the United States. Its worm still, imported from England before the Revolutionary War, remains in use.
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United States
Warwick
N. J
England
Danish and American ties in late 19th century talk
The article discusses Lord Stanley's anti American stance at a London dinner, Denmark's King Christian the 10th political rift with the Folkething, and the long absence of funds to rebuild Christiansborg. It notes expatriate William Waldorf Astor’s claimed lineage from Pedro d'Astorg and John Jacob Astor's immigrant origins. It also mentions Leopold I's knighthood awarded to Mrs Even M Henrotin and Serge de Witte's marriage choices, with social reception varied in courts.
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Folkething
Copenhagen
Christiansborg
Christian Hoed
Amadenberg
William Waldorf
Astor
Dom Pedro David
France
Astorg
Jean Hicque d'Astorg
Johann Jacob
Leopold
Belgium
Even M. Henrotin
Woman's Auxiliary Congress
Teopold
Tenretin
Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Charles Henretin
Chicago
Order of Leopold
Leopold I
Serge de Witte
Mme de Witte
Ofote Sane
The Village Blacksmith Reimagined for Motor Cars
Fragmentary verse from the Automobile Advocate evokes a rural blacksmith under chestnut trees, contrasting past craft with modern wheels. The speaker recalls the smith’s steady work, soot, and sweat, then notes a pivot to charging fourteen prices when motor cars failed, signaling a shift in skill and economy.
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Automobile Advocate
Chinese the First Paper Maters
The piece discusses the origin of paper noting the Chinese produced the first real paper while Greek Roman and Egyptian papyrus were not true paper. It explains papyrus as plant pith strips laid side by side and pressed into sheets.
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Genths
Easiy
Tosan
Main Street
Wood Road
Alphonse’s
Alice Tid
Hon
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Job Keeley
Lord Stanley
Alderley
Lingland
London
American Society
Ruben Levetzau
Berlin
Christian
Denmark
King Christian OF
Denvark
Iittle
Wellsville
Sifis Greer Alandug Pacturing CO
Exchange Place
A. J. Root Co
Medina, Ohio
Masons Fyamlin Pianos and Organs
Standard OF Tite World
National Photographic Chemical Company
St. and Penn Ave
Washington, D. C
International Harvester Co
International Harvester Co. of America (Incorporated
Chicago, Ill
U.S. A
Furs
Tuto
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